Posts Tagged: traffic accidents

A female skydiver was killed when she drifted onto a busy California highway and collided with a semi-truck. The 28-year-old woman died when her parachute drifted over a busy highway and she was hit by a truck in Lodi, California on Thursday afternoon.

The unidentified woman was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Fresno Bee.

The fatality sparked chain reaction accidents that caused a 4-hour traffic jam on Highway 99 in northern California. The woman was attempting to return to Skydive Lodi Parachute Center in Acampo when she was killed.

Winds were blowing at 17 mph at the time of the incident, according to the NY Daily News. The winds were strong enough to prevent light aircraft from landing at a nearby airport.

"I drove by and saw the truck pulling over. There was a body lying on the (pavement)," Rich Edwards told the Fresno Bee. "I saw a [parachute] on the road and a bunch of people."

Last year, a source informed Sandrarose.com that former NBA star Shannon Brown was recovering from a foot injury. The source said he saw Brown hobbling on a cane -- his foot encased in a neoprene boot.

Now we know that Brown was involved in a bad car accident.

We know that because, in a fit of anger, he let the cat out of the bag.

The father of an Ontario Carmax salesman who died during a test drive won't forgive the driver.

Warren Smale, 43, was a passenger in a high performance Corvette being driven by customer Alex Demetro, 28, when it crashed on Tuesday. Witnesses say the car was speeding in excess of 70 mph when it hit a tree.